Opinion

By Ali Badwan Leaks from Washington and those involved in the inner circles of the peace negotiations suggest that the right of return for Palestinian refugees is on the...

Israel's so-called "Separation Wall" is nearly all built on Palestinian land occupied by the Zionists state since 1967, according to a report produced by the Arab League. The more...

By Fahmi HoweidiThe basic principle in politics is to assume a lack of innocence surrounding any action, so we should treat with caution the visit of the Elders' delegation...

By Abdul Bari Atwan On October 20, the Palestinian-owned Al-Quds al-Arabi daily carried the following opinion piece by Chief Editor Abdul-Bari Atwan: "It is difficult for us to understand this...

The Israeli Knesset (parliament) has started its latest session full of racism and hatred. It is scheduled to discuss a number of laws devoted to the country's supposed "Jewish...

By Bilal Al-Hassan The Arab kings and presidents whose latest summit was in Sirte had a very complex political situation on the agenda, requiring political decisions of a particularly...

By Dr Anis Mustafa Qasim This article addresses two problems facing the current negotiations: (I) the problem of what became known as the Palestinian division and (II) the problem...

By Ali Badwan As the negotiations focus is fixed firmly on what is happening between the Israelis and the Palestinians, news is filtering through of some unexpected moves by...

Does anyone else wonder why Benjamin Netanyahu is already insisting that a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians must include recognition by the latter that the state of...

A Palestinian expert has warned of the danger of repeating the mistakes made by the Palestinian negotiators, especially concerning Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, in signing the Oslo Accords...

By Abdul Bari Atwan When, in an article published by the New York Times yesterday, the American journalist Thomas Friedman calls on the reigning Saudi monarch, King Abdullah bin...

Last week, Iran celebrated International Jerusalem Day with angry demonstrations marching in its various cities including the capital Tehran and was attended by hundreds of thousands, chanting anti-Zionist slogans...

By Raghid el-Solh At the start of these direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, many questions were raised about the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu's, real position...

By Abdel Bari Atwan It was right that the Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad did apologize for the actions of elements within the security apparatus under his authority. They...

By Bilal Al-Hassan Palestinian acceptance of direct negotiations with Israel without preconditions is in effect a return to square one in the process of political settlement between the two...

By Dr Ahmed Yusuf Ahmed The US administration has decided to commence direct negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians on 2nd September. The Palestinian Authority accepted the invitation...

A symposium planned by the Popular and Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the People's Party (formerly the Communist party) has been prohibited by the Palestinian Security...

By Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban After demolishing all the houses of Al-Arakib, the Israeli occupation authorities razed the village cemetery, completely erasing the memory and history of this Palestinian village,...

By Mohamed Mohsen Watad – Umm al-Fahm A complaint is to be lodged with the human rights agencies of the UN about the intensification of house demolitions in the...

By Yasser Al-Za'atraPalestinians across the West Bank noticed it before the facts were revealed in the Israeli media: the volume of the call to prayer (azan) from mosques in...

By Prof Abdullah Al Ash'al The Arab Initiative's mandate to hold direct negotiations with Israel which was the result of its Committee meeting on July 29th 2010 is bound...

By Ali BadwanA few days ago, Israeli bulldozers destroyed forty houses in the Palestinian Beduin village of Al-Arakib north of the city of Beersheba in the Negev Desert. Around...

Al-Quds Opinion You would think that the half million Israeli settlers spread across the occupied West Bank would have little to complain about. After all, they enjoy control of...

By Fahmi Huwaidi As direct negotiations between the Israeli and Palestinian Authority take centre stage we must declare publicly that it is the "moderate" Arab states which have provided...

By Adel LatifiIsrael depends on and has benefited greatly from the immense influence of Jewish elites in the west, particularly those who operate in lobbies such as the American...

By Hani al-Masri We are witnessing numerous attempts to pressurise the Palestinians to move straight to direct negotiations with Israel, despite the absence of any significant progress due to...

By Abdel Halim Qandil There is no rational explanation for Palestinian Authority officials to continue in negotiations with the Israelis, whether direct or indirect, because there is no benefit...

By Fahmi Huwaidi Although it is humbling to read that Netanyahu is coming to Egypt, two questions arise: are relations between Cairo and Tel Aviv entirely divorced from Israeli...

By Dr. Bouthaina ShaabanThe above title is actually a subtitle of a book by Lee Bollinger, the president of Columbia University with the full title of Uninhibited, Robust and...

By Bilal Al-Hassan The United States is basically a self-appointed leader of the "peace process" between the Palestinians and Israel. It also happens to be the world's remaining superpower....

Israeli research and study centres, as well as the Zionist lobby, are working overtime studying Israel's opponents in the Middle East, primarily Syria, Iran, Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas....

By Fahmi Howeidi Turkey now has to pay the political price for its solidarity with the Palestinian people, even perhaps a coup, the warning signs for which have already...